OP, I like the way your car looks now...I love the contrast of black on silver!

 

Got mine last Christmas thanks Santa

 

I hope I like them too. It's my first time buying black wheels for a car. I try to stay Suttle with appearance mods. So I hope these go with that mindset.

 

Looks good. A red pinstripe would probably look nice and go with the red calipers.

 

around the outside of the wheel ????? At one time I thought about a silver pinstripe but thought it would make it too busy ?????

 

I agree......

 

Hey there Mr. Russ!

Nice ride!! Millennium Yellow was my first color choice, but I couldn't find the right one.

Also nice to see another Broncos fan, only the absolute best team in NFL football!!!

Thanks for the backup on the whole black wheels thing. I just chalk it up to youthful bliss of ignorance. Someday their nads will drop, they'll grow facial hair, and realize just how horrifically mistaken they were in their mis-spent youth! It's just a matter of time.

As soon as their nads drop, they will be biologically capable of growing good taste. It happens, tragically, very, very late for some!!

DSTURBD

 

Rock on dude, and I bet that you'll be quite happy with them!

It's always fun to make our cars look just a little different now and then. As a matter of fact, I just got done installing the full stainless steel screen set on my black coupe, Z06 fog screens, brake duct, side cove, and rear vents. I originally really didn't care for the fog screens, years ago, but they grew on me and I have spent the last week turning back to look at my car again even more than I do normally!!! It's really fun to have new **** on the car to enjoy!!!

Enjoy, man!!!

DSTURBD

 

WOW!!! Those last two posts from me seem very diametrically opposed, don't they?!?!?

That's 'cause one was the truth, and one was just for humor.

Guess which was which!!

DSTURBD

 

 

LOL, and those don't suck?

 

It's called different taste...i went back and forth. Some people like to try new things, you know, change things up. Personally, I'm just doing the black wheel thing for now. I can guarantee you it has nothing to do with a lack of facial hair or undeveloped nads...then again, when it comes to Bronco's fans...

 

Can't find it, but some time back there was a photo on here of a silver coupe with black wheels, the "glass" top (which looks black) and the "B" pillars/"hoop" gloss black. Looked spectacular, IMO.

Choosing wheels for a silver car is not easy - too much chrome just does not look "right" to me. I ended up with painted ZR1 replicas. Still not sure if I did the right thing.........

 

After seeing my car with the black wheels my body man wanted to do just that, paint the roof and the pillar black !!!! I thought about wrapping it with vinyl first ??????

 

C-mon now moto, you know you drooled just a bit when you saw it.......jk,jk. You got a sweet ride along with others in this thread.
My main beef is with black wheels in general these days. Seems like every other car I see is doing it. Worst offenders is like the guy with the Camry that paints his hub caps black and calls it cool. It aint, its lame and its being done to death.

Guess I'm just an old school chrome guy, and THAT is never lame.

 

My break up of all black:

 

OP, your finishing touches work really well and bring out the overall look much better IMO



-fellow black wheel owner (satin black centers, and gloss black lips)

 

OP, I clicked on this thread to rag you (your topic headline) but I gotta say; it looks great with your changes. I'm a big fan of black wheels, too, and the coolest I've seen are '09Z Spyders in gloss black, with red pinstripes around the bead.

 

I'm old too (notice the Oldtimer tag) and I'll try to explain my dislike for black wheels. It basically stems from two sources. #1. When I was growing up and wanted SO badly to have mag wheels, I couldn't afford them. So what did I do to have a "hot rod" look? I painted the stock steel wheels black. (Think early NASCAR days) It was better than hubcaps but just barely. I could just barely afford baby moons. So black wheels just reminds me that I couldn't afford the real ones. #2. When I see black wheels that are actually real spoke wheels, I immediately think foreign as I believe thats where this fad originated. I did some quick research on black wheels and indeed it is the current "accepted" look. But not for me. I quote this from a site:
"Mark Etheridge, owner of the Moto Guzzi Classic motorcycle shop in Signal Hill, Calif., says he spray-painted the wheel covers on his new Ram 1500 pickup black. "I hate this chrome," he says. The painted redos "look like a $1,200 set of a wheels, and I have 12 bucks in it."
To me, it still looks like $12 cause that's about what it cost me back in the 60s to do the same thing and I hated the black. And that's what I think it looks like on other cars as well, about $12.
Lastly, there is zero chrome on a Vette except for the exhaust tips. A slight splash of chrome or magnesium or aluminum looks very good on it. However, I will fight anyone for your right to enjoy your Vette the way you want to. I expect the same. And I'll wave at you every time.

 

Got any more pics of your car? I'd really like to see some.